Deepti Sharma helps India to victory against England in first ODI
India looked in control with the bat at the start of their innings, but a cluster of wickets swung the momentum back in England's favour until Sharma and Jemimah Rodrigues came to the crease and their partnership almost took India to the finish line.
We take a loss in the 1st ODI of the series 😢
India win by 4 wickets. pic.twitter.com/fAeVXFr5qZ
— England Cricket (@englandcricket) July 16, 2025
Sharma's knock of 62 ensured they secured a first victory to kick-off the three-match ODI series after already claiming a series win in T20s.
India made their breakthrough from just their eighth delivery when Kranti Goud castled Amy Jones and fellow opener Tammy Beaumont fell victim to the same bowler, trapped lbw to leave England 20 for two.
Emma Lamb came together with captain Nat Sciver-Brunt and the pair put on 71 before the the former sent one from Sneh Rana straight into the hands of Harmanpreet Kaur following a run of five overs without a boundary.
England were beginning to crumble and India had them four down with just 97 on the board when Sciver-Brunt danced down the wicket to Rana and Rodrigues was on hand to take an excellent catch.
Dunkley and Alice Davidson-Richards had the task of steadying the ship and their 106-run partnership gave England licence to try and motor on.
Shortly after passing the 200 mark, Davidson-Richards was sent packing after she was stumped by Richa Ghosh.
An unbeaten half-century in a fine chase! 👍
Deepti Sharma bags the Player of the Match award as #TeamIndia secure 1-0 lead in the ODI series. 👏
Scorecard ▶️ https://t.co/kZOiqewbWP#ENGvIND | @Deepti_Sharma06 pic.twitter.com/Brc3QT8PPF
— BCCI Women (@BCCIWomen) July 16, 2025
England accelerated in the final three overs, putting on another 36 runs before Dunkley was dismissed by Amanjot Kaur with the final ball having helped to salvage England's innings.
India were making the run chase look a formality until Smriti Mandhana nicked Lauren Bell into the gloves of Jones on 28.
Pratika Rawal and Harleen Deol fell in relatively quick succession. Rawal was bowled by Sophie Ecclestone and Deol was dismissed in sloppy fashion as she failed to ground her bat while running into the crease. Davidson-Richards' inch-perfect throw meant she had to make her way back to the pavilion.
The game turned in the hosts' favour midway through the innings after Harmanpreet Kaur was originally given not out for an lbw from Charlie Dean. Sciver-Brunt decided to send it upstairs and the review showed the ball to be hitting the stumps as India went four down.
Sharma (62*) and Rodrigues (48) put on what looked to be a match-winning 90 partnership but Bell bounced the latter out to give England glimmer of hope, with India needing 45 from 51.
Ghosh also fell but Sharma rotated the strike successfully with Amanjot Kaur to seal the win.
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
The Guardian
23 minutes ago
- The Guardian
Amy Jones's steady hands steer England past India in second women's ODI
If you've not yet seen the blockbuster trailer directed by Bend It Like Beckham's Gurinder Chadha, shot at Lord's by the England and Wales Cricket Board to promote its 2025 summer of cricket, make sure to search it out. It's a slightly odd piece of theatre involving Heather Knight, Lauren Filer and Danni Wyatt-Hodge, which culminates in Wyatt-Hodge attempting to run out Filer with a samosa. None of the above were actually on show at Lord's on Saturday – Knight is injured, Wyatt-Hodge is not in the ODI squad, and Filer was dropped for this fixture in favour of Em Arlott – but the key players on this stage were actually a different pair. Because, of course, the 'Whack It Like Wyatt-Hodge' trailer was gently poking fun at the storm that erupted last time India played at this ground three years ago, when Deepti Sharma controversially ran out Charlie Dean at the non-strikers end. While Deepti and Dean have played together many times here since then, as teammates for London Spirit in the Hundred, the incident nevertheless remains an important moment in the symbolism of women's cricket. On Saturday, therefore, there was inevitably a certain frisson when Deepti came to the crease with India 72 for five, and quite quickly found herself facing Dean. A crowd that had patiently sat through the four-hour rain delay that reduced the match to 29 overs a side were suddenly on the edge of their seats. Deepti narrowly survived the first ball of Dean's second spell, which turned sharply and beat her bat. But she then saw off her remaining 11 balls without theatrics – eventually progressing to an unbeaten 30 as she tried to wrestle back some advantage for India, who struggled to 143 for eight on a pitch made stodgy by the rain. Dean had to be content with holding on to a catch at extra cover to see off Smriti Mandhana for 42, after earlier taking the return catch proffered up by Jemimah Rodrigues. Sophie Ecclestone, meanwhile, took three for 27, including rattling the stumps of Harmanpreet Kaur after Sophia Dunkley had twice let off the India captain at cover. Might this match pass without controversy, despite the recent tensions between these sides (Pratika Rawal was fined 10% of her match fee this week after barging Ecclestone and Filer during the first ODI at Southampton)? No: it was simply biding its time. The real drama came in the second act, in the fifth over of England's run chase, when Tammy Beaumont appeared to deliberately kick the ball out of the way of the wicketkeeper, Richa Ghosh. Ghosh appealed for Beaumont to be given out obstructing the field, and the umpires referred it upstairs. Eventually, Jacqueline Williams adjudged that Beaumont had merely been making her way back to her crease after deciding against taking a single, but judging by the boos that rang out around the ground when the 'not out' verdict appeared on the big screen, Williams's will not be the last words on the subject. Meanwhile, who was the bowler who sent down the ball in question? None other than Deepti Sharma. Sign up to The Spin Subscribe to our cricket newsletter for our writers' thoughts on the biggest stories and a review of the week's action after newsletter promotion Beaumont added just nine more runs before Sneh Rana trapped her leg-before, attempting a reverse sweep, but – after a brief further delay for rain, in which five more overs were lost and England's target was revised to 115 – an unbeaten 46 from Amy Jones ensured England eventually got across the line with relative ease, winning by eight wickets with 18 balls to spare, to level the series at 1-1. The decider takes place at Durham on Tuesday: don't be surprised if there is more drama still to come.
The Sun
23 minutes ago
- The Sun
Two-time world champion, 40, to make emotional darts return after over TWO YEARS away for live TV event
ADRIAN LEWIS will next month make his return to televised darts – after a near two-and-half year absence. The two-time world champion last threw competitive darts in front of the cameras at the PDC's UK Open in 2023 at Butlin's Minehead. 3 3 Yet after that tournament, he decided to walk away from the sport – and eventually lost his professional tour card – for family reasons and having fallen out of love with the game. Lewis' wife Sarah has 'an incurable kidney disease' and his son 'has autism and ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder)', which has meant his full-time concentration and care. However, SunSport can now reveal he plans to make a comeback at the MODUS Super Series in Portsmouth at 10pm on Thursday August 28. It will be shown live and free on the MODUS Super Series Darts Channel on Pluto TV The Stoke star, 40, will represent Team England in a special 'International Pairs' week alongside Steve Beaton, 61, the 1996 Lakeside world champion. The finals night will be on Saturday August 30 provided the English duo qualify. It sees Lewis, a four-time World Cup of Darts champion, represent his country for the first time since 2017. And he will also be reunited with his old sparring partner and mentor Phil Taylor, the 16-time world champion, for a special event. Should he rediscover his form in the coming months, then there is a chance he may wish to return to the pro ranks but it would have been through Qualifying School in January 2026. Darts supremo Barry Hearn does not plan to give him a special wildcard entry even though Lewis is a decorated and popular figure within the sport. Adrian Lewis doesn't hesitate naming the three darts stars who are bigger villains than him 3 Lewis said: 'The MODUS Super Series is the perfect platform for me to gauge where my game is at. 'I've been practicing well and have played well in a lot of exhibitions. 'It will be something very different for me but I've been watching the MODUS Super Series on Pluto TV and the standard is incredible. 'There are some brilliant players and I don't expect it to be easy. Nothing is easy in darts these days. 'I've taken time out to focus on my family life. I told Barry Hearn back when I made that decision that I don't expect any freebies if I do decide to make a comeback. 'I'm willing to work for it and maybe this can be the first step. 'It hasn't been easy over the last few years. My wife has to live with an illness and my son has autism and ADHD. 'I found myself travelling to events but not wanting to be there and wanting to be at home with them instead. 'I think I lost a bit of love for the game. I wasn't happy and my performances suffered as a result. 'I'm not making any long-term plans but I still have a lot to give and if this goes well then we'll take the next step at the right time. 'The main thing is I'm happy and looking forward to playing competitive darts on my own terms, in my own time, without the demands of the tour, for now at least.'
BBC News
23 minutes ago
- BBC News
England thrash India to set up ODI series decider
Second one-day international, Lord'sIndia 143-8 (29 overs): Mandhana 42 (51); Ecclestone 3-27England 116-2 (21 overs): Jones 46* (57), Beaumont 34 (35)England won by eight wickets (DLS method); series level 1-1Scorecard England levelled the one-day international series by thrashing India in a rain-affected encounter at Lord's. The match was initially reduced to 29 overs a side, with India trudging to a below-par 144-8 after being put into were 102-1 in reply before another rain delay revised their target to 115 from 24 overs, which the hosts reached with 18 balls to spare, winning by eight wickets on the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern Jones finished 46 not out, having added 54 for the first wicket with Tammy Beaumont and 48 for the second with captain Nat Sciver-Brunt. After heavy rain in the morning delayed the start until 15:00 BST, India's batters struggled for fluency on a slow surface as they slipped to 72-5 inside 16 failed to punish another inconsistent effort in the field from England, who dropped four catches and misjudged a couple more potential chances.A crucial opportunity came in the fifth over when Lauren Bell dropped Smriti Mandhana in her follow-through on two, and the opener looked to be anchoring the innings despite wickets tumbling around her. But the pressure told on Mandhana in the 21st over as she holed out to Charlie Dean off Linsey Smith for 42 from 51 balls, as only Deepti Sharma's unbeaten 30 helped give the innings a glimmer of spinners bowled brilliantly in tandem throughout the innings, giving little away in miserly spells of 3-27 from Sophie Ecclestone, 2-28 for Smith and 1-31 for series decider - which will be England's final competitive ODI before the autumn's World Cup - takes place at Chester-le-Street on to follow.
